“The Obama Administration has released a list of resources to help veterans translate their military skills for the civilian workforce, built new online tools to aid their search for jobs,and partnered with the Chamber of Commerce and the private sector to make it easier to connect our veterans with companies that want to hire them:”

American Women Veterans has been working non-stop, behind the scenes on the re-evaluation of the “Combat Exclusion Policy” in countless meetings on Capitol Hill. This Veterans Day, we, along with several Senators, are waiting patiently for the DoD Report on Women in the Armed Forces which was due out at the end of October. In […]

In September of 2010, I was up late as usual and typed the following words into google: US + veterans + organizations + women. This was a search that I had done off and on over a period of six years. Previously, it had led me to fabulous groups such as the Army Women’s Foundation, […]

November 11, 2011 (with a special Moment of Remembrance at 11:11AM EST) American Women Veterans cordially invites women veterans from all eras and branches of service, as well as our brothers in service, to join us for the 3rd Anniversary of our inaugural march in New York City’s time honored Veterans Day Parade on November […]

November 11, 2011 (with a special Moment of Remembrance at 11:11AM EST) American Women Veterans cordially invites women veterans from all eras and branches of service, as well as our brothers in service, to join us for the 3rd Anniversary of our inaugural march in New York City’s time honored Veterans Day Parade on November […]

American Women Veterans cordially invites women veterans from all eras and branches of service, as well as our brothers in service, to join us for the 3rd Anniversary of our inaugural march in New York City’s time honored Veterans Day Parade on November 11, 2011. In 2009, American Women Veterans was proud to have set […]

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